“We want an educated work force. If we don’t get that, forget the rest.” University of Montana President George Dennison

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New aids to develop young entrepreneurs "Dynamo is a successful initiative that has already reached thousands of children in Wales. It will encourage students to use their imagination and develop the entrepreneurial skills needed in the workplace and for the creation of future new businesses and jobs that Wales needs.
"These skills are built up step-by-step through the years, enabling students to deepen their understanding as they mature."

Chinese business people visit Missoula to discuss corporate connectionsThe business envoy is part of a new trend in U.S.-China relations, said Mansfield Center director Terry Weidner. Intent on improving relations with the United States by increasing Chinese investment in and imports from America, China's ambassador to the United States has encouraged business groups to reach out to businesses across the United States.

Montana-Canadian power line could spur energy development"If this happens, it will open up all kinds of possibilities for Great Falls to continue on the road to being an energy center," Great Falls City Manager John Lawton said. "I think it will stimulate all kinds of energy development here that will be very beneficial to our economy."

USDA Awards $2.4 Million for Rural Development Research"These grants support innovative research to help communities create and sustain rural community vitality and prosperity," Johanns said. "The Bush Administration is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America."

Business of art: It takes creativity"People want to take home a piece of the artist," Miller says. For organizations such as the Northwest Crafts Alliance, the task at hand is figuring how to get enough people to those shows who want to take home a piece of the artist -- and leave enough money behind to keep the rest of the artist in business.

Better Bananas, Nicer Mosquitoes"We could have sorghum that cures latent tuberculosis. We could have mosquitoes that spread vitamin A. And most important, we could have bananas that never need to be kept cold." Bill Gates

University TechTransfer

UW-Madison third in nation in tech-transfer value"There are 300 different universities that have technology transfer offices, and to be among the top three is a real honor for Wisconsin," said Andrew Cohn, public relations manager for WARF. "We are competing with Harvard, with Stanford, with all of these other great universities, and holding our own—in fact, doing better than holding our own."

Montana Education/Business Partnerships

Giving back ... and then some - Phyllis Washington - “Education is where her heart is and where it's always been.”“I thought here we are giving scholarships to students, but how can we give scholarships when we don't prepare our teachers?” Phyllis said. “I realized I wanted to make a difference in the School of Education.”
“Education is the workhorse part of campus, but generally it's not the part that gets a lot of attention. When we were talking about a new building in the past, it was one of those things that seemed so distant.
“When Phyllis and Dennis announced the $3 million gift, it became very clear to me that this will be happening very soon.”

BellSouth exec wants Net delivery fee‘If we want to ruin the Internet, we’ll turn it into a cable TV system’’ that carries programming from only those who pay for transmission, Gigi B. Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, a digital rights advocacy group, told the Post.

Wikipedia crack down - writers told to registerWikipedia, often cited as a prime example of the type of collective knowledge-pooling that the Internet enables, has about 850,000 articles in English, as well as entries in at least eight other languages, including Italian, French, German and Portuguese.

Printing Organs on Demand"I think this is going to be a biggie," said Glenn D. Prestwich, the University of Utah professor who developed the bio-paper. "A lot of things are going to be a pain in the butt to print, but I think we can do livers and kidneys as well."